It trades with a 3/2 and is eaten by a 2/3, not to mention many classes have hero powers to clean up the 1 damage needed after a 3/2 hit to no longer make it trade. It's not a very good early game minion, but it's late game potential is where you should be justifying your hatred.

A staple in most control warrior decks 1/4 body is hard to remove early, get her behind a taunt minion and enjoy your free armor.May also draw out silences from owls (or other sources) still leaving you with a 1/4 that can trade with a lot of 1 - 2 drops.